Lil Kim's had her fair share on legal issues and money problems in the past, just last year she was entangled in a lawsuit with her lawyer as well as her former business partner, but the latest legal entanglement is with the IRS.

Hip-Hop has been a male-dominated genre since its inception in the 1970s on the streets of the South Bronx.
However, female emcees were looking over the horizon and soon crept into the game. From MC Lyte to Salt-N-Pepa, female rappers proved that they had the skill to hang with their male counterparts. They enforced a message of unity to gain the respect that they rightfully deserved.

When Lil Kim released a freestyle this week, rehashing her beef with the currently hotter than ever Nicki Minaj, it seemed like an announcement may follow soon. Right no time, Kim has given us a new release date for her oft-delayed project, Hard Core 2k13.

T.I. has been in the game for some time, and in recent years, he found himself becoming something of a peacekeeper. Besides helping strangers from suicide attempts, Tip has also been the voice of reason in some rapper disputes, orchestrating the truce of Jeezy and Rick Ross recently.

Lil Kim has decided to share with the fans the very first photo of her newborn child, Royal Reign, which happened to be taken on the day she came out the womb. Lil Kim gave birth on June 9th, as we reported last month.

Beefs between rappers in hip hop are nothing new. Through the years we’ve seen infamous rivalries in the rap world, the most prominent being 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G’s East Coast/West Coast feud and perhaps the Jay Z and Nas New York rap war.

"This is ladies night and our rhymes is tight, oh this is ladies night...," Missy Elliott sang on the 1997 hit track, "Ladies Night" that she collaborated on with Angie Martinez, Lil Kim, Left Eye and Da Brat. The song was featured on the "Nothing to Lose" soundtrack. Just as the MCs mentioned above occupied space and declared their reign on "Ladies Night", women rappers have been doing the same in Hip Hop culture ever since it was started in the Bronx.

Ever since Lil' Kim gave word publicly about her pregnancy, speculation arose as to who might be the father. Kim said she was a few months along and that she is expecting a baby boy. Following an interview with Mr. Papers on the Rickey Smiley Show, it was revealed that Papers is the father of the expecting child. When asked about the baby's name, Mr. Papers remained guarded, saying:

Back in October, a Canadian makeup artist by the name of Samantha Ravndahl posted a photo of herself (or what kids these days call a selfie) with a full-out zombie makeover. According to Ravndahl, she then saw this very image popping up on Lil Kim's social media account, in promotion of her single "Dead Gal Walking".
While the artist reached out for compensation for the image, she's apparently been ignored by Kim's people, and thus she's threatening to launch a lawsuit on Kim if she does not pull the image from her accounts.

Lil Kim was supposed to drop her new mixtape, Hard Core 2K13 on Black Friday, but it looks like it will be suffering a delay. The good news is that the project now has an official tracklisting, so chances are it'll be coming sooner than later.
The tape will feature guest appearances from fellow New Yorkers, Jadakiss and French Montana, as well as Yo Gotti, and the ever-divisive Miley Cyrus.

Lil Kim's ex-boyfriend, Damion "World" Hardy, is facing some serious trouble. A federal appeals court recently upheld a judge's decision to forcibly medicate Hardy so that he'll be able to stand trial for six murder charges.

It’s often said you should never put off tomorrow what you can do today. Although this saying works with most people, for some it’s more of a challenge. For rappers, it can result in not delivering that highly anticipated project the fans have been waiting for. With that, we at HNHH have compiled a list of albums and entertainers that should have capitalized on the moment to bring what should’ve been a sure thing to the masses.

Lil Kim has announced a new mixtape which shares it's name somewhat with her debut album, Hard Core. The cover art for the mixtape, titled Hard Core: Back 2 Da Streetz, also pays homage to her 1996 debut, but replacing Kim on the rug is a white tiger, who is apparently sipping on Ciroc and has a ton of cash.
Lil Kim released the artwork via her Twitter, tweeting, "#HARDCOREMIXTAPE BACK 2 DA STREETZ #TeamLilKim I love all my fans!!!!! ❤❤❤"

Lil Wayne finally dropped his latest installment in the Dedication series, D5, and it's definitely got people talking, whether good or bad. One of those people is Lil Kim, who received a mention on Weezy's "Pure Colombia" off the mixtape.

Just last month, Lil Kim sued her attorney over bad licensing agreements. Now, according to the all-knowing TMZ, it seems she's being sued by her former business manager Andrew Ro, who claims her behavior cost him $15 million in squandered endorsement deals.

Lil Kim has found her way into the headlines a lot recently, though rarely for her music. The rap star was most recently in the news for dismissing allegations of her face being "physically distorted".